Rocky drain

 

Poking out of the ground

A mound of river rocks and crushed stone surrounds the newly installed 1 x 12 x 20 round drain cover.  The drain cover is massive and thick, with huge openings, appropriate for the weight of the drainage rocks and the expected water flow.

Hole in the floor

 

Danger hole!

The message

 

DANGER

 ! ! ! ! ! !

  HOLE 

 

hand-written on the tape on the floor tells anyone strolling through an area under construction that they should be wary as there is an uncovered hole beneath that tape.

 

 

 

 

 

Sidewalk cutout

 

 

A piece of this sidewalk was neatly cut out and removed, then in-filled with an asphalt mix.  

 

What was there?  why was it removed?  was anything removed?  why asphalt mix and not concrete?  was something supposed to be added?  the blue markings - was that a water utility?  

 

 So many questions...  no answers.  

 

 

 

One water

 

Is there a No. 2 Water?

 

This "NO. 1 WATER" utility cover was seen in the street beneath our feet.  It has a horseshoe ("U") protecting the pentagon shaped bolt head, known as a "penta bolt" or "penta screw".  

 

 

Sidewalk circle

 

What were you used for?

It is not clear what this metal ring is for or from.  When the new sidewalk was put in, it was left in place.  Filling in the center makes makes it no longer usable; protruding out of the street makes it foot catching. 

 

Any comments on this scene in the street beneath our feet? 

 

Electric basket weave

 

LECT  C  cover

The 15 x 15 basket weave pattern of this ding-ed up and asphalted-over electric utility manhole cover is a scene in the street beneath our feet. 

 

 

 

Sidewalk circles

 

6 or 7 x 9 or 10 layout

These cast iron sidewalk panels are seen in the street beneath our feet.  The panels have many dings and damages and some edges are sealed with mastic tape.  There is no indication of their original use:  the cover of a sidewalk vault, a coal chute cover, a cover for a stairwell, or to provide a non-slip surface in front of the doorway.

 

 

A closer look reveals some of the details.

 

Screwed in to place

Each rondel is surrounded by six pointy ovals; those interlock with the ovals of the neighboring rondels.   The panels have alternating columns of 6 or 7 rondels and alternating rows of 9 or 10 rondels, the total being 123.   Screws along the edges hold the panels to the framework.

 

A mysterioso SB CL CO is inscribed in the concrete next to these panels.